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What is GIS?GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems. GIS can be defined as “a computer-based system to aid in the collection, maintenance, storage, analysis, output, and distribution of spatial data and information” -- GIS Fundamentals: A First Text on Geographic Information Systems (Bolstad, 2005). It has also been defined as “a set of computer tools that allows people to work with data that are tied to a particular location on the earth” (i.e. spatial data)” -- Mastering ArcGIS, (Price, 2006). There are a wide variety of applications for GIS. Some topics that have been researched in our department using GIS include tracking foreclosures in North Minneapolis, determining where the gaps are in after-school programs for K-12 students in the City of Saint Paul, finding spatial patterns of health care access for African immigrants, analyzing the spatial pattern of Lyme disease in Minnesota, determining the lack of affordable housing in Ramsey County, analyzing physical aspect of the Crow River Watershed, among many others. For more information about GIS, click here. |
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